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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Faith Brook Biography (1922-)
Born February 16, 1922, in York, England; daughter of Clive (an actor, director, and writer) and Mildred Evelyn Brook; sister of Lyndon Brook (an actor and writer); married Charles Moffett (a physician; divorced); married Michael Horowitz (divorced).
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- February 16, 1922
- York, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Marion Curwood, Letters to Lucerne, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1941
- Rose, Lottie Dundass, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, 1941
- Marie, Aren't Men Beasts?, Garrick Theatre, London, 1942
- Dorinda, The Beaux Stratagem, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1946
- Lady Macduff, Macbeth, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
- Olga, Keep in a Cool Place, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
- Olivia, Twelfth Night, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
- Pauline, Jenny Villiers, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
- Alice Langdon, Deep Are the Roots, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1947
- Louisa Packard, Truant in Park Lane, St. James's Theatre, London,1947
- Gloria Clandon, You Never Can Tell, Martin Beck Theatre, New YorkCity, 1948
- Charlotte Ivanova, The Cherry Orchard, Old Vic Company, London, 1948-1949
- Helen of Troy, Dr. Faustus, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
- Mrs. Millamant, The Way of the World, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
- Olivia, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
- Celia Coplestone, The Cocktail Party, Henry Miller's Theatre, NewYork City, 1950
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The Devil's Disciple, summer stock production, 1951
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Don Juan in Hell, summer stock production, 1951
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The Tempest, summer stock production, 1951
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Too True to Be Good, summer stock production, 1951
- Sheila Vendice, Dial M for Murder, with the National Company, Chicago, IL and New York City, 1952-1953
- Mary Terriford, The Burning Glass, Apollo Theatre, London, 1954
- Anne Irving, The Leopard, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, England, 1955
- Inez, Vicious Circle, New Watergate Theatre, London, 1955
- The visitor, The Whole Truth, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1955
- Helene Donaldo, No Laughing Matter, Arts Theatre, London, 1957
- Agnes Potter, The Kidders, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1958
- Lady Dungavel, Roar Like a Dove, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1959
- Frances Darling, Little Darlings, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1960
- Paula Tanqueray, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Pembroke Theatre, Croydon, England, 1961
- Laura Foster, License to Murder, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1963
- Angela and Kathy Wallace, Games, New Arts Theatre, London, 1964
- Antonia, A Severed Head, Criterion Theatre, London, 1964
- Dalia, Samson Agonistes, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1965
- Patricia, Minor Murder, Savoy Theatre, London, 1967
- Woman, Fill the Stage with Happy Hours, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1967
- Mrs. Forbes, Backbone, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1968
- Olivia, His, Hers and Theirs, Apollo Theatre, London, 1969
- Gertrude, Hamlet, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1971
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The Ride across Lake Constance, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1973
- The daughter, All Over, Gardner Arts Centre Theatre, Brighton, England, 1976
- Veronica, The Old Country, Queen's Theatre, London, 1977
- Mother, Good, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1999
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Major Tours
- Patricia, Flare Path, Mable Crum, While the Sun Shines, andother roles with the military ATS unit "Stars in Battledress," 1943-1945
- Gertrude, Hamlet, British cities, 1969
- Lady Macsycophant, The Man of the World, British cities, 1969
- The daughter, All Over, British cities, 1976
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Film Appearances
- Alice Barham, Suspicion, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941
- English girl, The Jungle Book (also known as Rudyard Kipling'sJungle Book), United Artists, 1942
- Pert brunette, No Time for Love, Paramount, 1943
- Viola Alardyse, Uneasy Terms, Pathe, 1948
- Lesley Wilson, Finger of Guilt (also known as The Intimate Stranger), RKO Radio Pictures, 1956
- Virginia Collins, Wicked As They Come (also known as Portrait in Smoke), Columbia, 1956
- Joan Lennox, Violent Stranger (also known as Man in the Shadow), Anglo-Amalgamated, 1957
- Kay, Across the Bridge, IPF, 1957
- Mrs. Elaine Whitman, Chase a Crooked Shadow, Warner Bros., 1957
- Alva Collins, We Shall See (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: We Shall See), Anglo-Amalgamated, 1959
- Nannie, The Thirty-Nine Steps (also known as The 39 Steps),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
- Lady Randolph, The Finest Hours, Columbia, 1964
- Woman on the bus, The Heroes of Telemark (also known as The Unknown Battle), Columbia, 1965
- Mrs. Grace Evans, To Sir with Love, Columbia, 1967
- Governess, Adelaide (also known as The Depraved and Finoa farti male), Sigma III, 1968
- Dr. Sands, School for Unclaimed Girls (also known as Hell HouseGirls,
House of Unclaimed Women, and The Smashing Bird I Usedto Know), Grand National, 1969
- Elizabeth Hemming, Walk a Crooked Path, Cavalcade, 1969
- Elizabeth Janus, View from the Loft, 1974
- Heather, Las flores del vicio (also known as Bloodbath,
The Sky Is Falling,
El cielo se cae, and Las flores del vicio (El cepo)), 1979
- British prime minister, Ffolkes (also known as Assault Force and North Sea Hijack), Universal, 1980
- Mrs. Grice, The Sea Wolves (also known as Sea Wolves: The LastCharge of the Calcutta Light Horse), Paramount, 1980
- Lucy's mother, Eye of the Needle, United Artists, 1981
- Isabel's mother, The Razor's Edge, Columbia, 1984
- Mabel Forster, Miss Beatty's Children, 1992
- Lady Boxborough, Mrs. Dalloway (also known as Virginia Woolf'sMrs. Dalloway), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1997
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Julia Naughton, Claudia, the Story of a Marriage (also known as Claudia), NBC, later CBS, both 1952
- Janet Turner, Golden Girl, 1960
- Countess Rostova, War and Peace, BBC-2, 1972-1973
- Miss Windrup, Angels, BBC, 1975-1983
- Lady Knox, The Irish RM, Channel 4, 1983-1985
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Miniseries
- Julie Westfield, Sins, CBS, 1986
- Edith Brompton, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, NBC, 1987
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Movies
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The Trial and Torture of, 1965
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Affairs of the Heart, 1974
- Mrs. Grace, After Julius, 1978
- Lady Almina Carnarvon, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, 1980
- Mrs. Wilsher, Cream in My Coffee, London Weekend Television and PBS, 1980
- Lady Spencer, The Weather in the Streets, BBC, 1983
- Ruth van Rydock, "They Do It with Mirrors" (also known as "Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors"), Miss Marple, BBC, Arts and Entertainment, and Network 7, 1991
- Isobel, Mothertime, 1997
- Sarah, San Paolo (also known as Saint Paul), Czech TV and Radiotelevisione Italiana, 2000
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Specials
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Hamlet, 1972
- Lavinia, "All Passion Spent," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
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Episodic
- "Dead on the Vine," Ford Theater (also known as The Ford Television Theater), CBS, 1951
- "Mr. Mummery's Suspicion," Studio One, CBS, 1951
- Dr. Bradbury, "The Bottle Shop," The Protectors, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1964
- "The Kindest Thing to Do," Six Shades of Black, Granada Television, 1965
- "In the Steps of a Dead Man" (also known as "Thriller: In the Steps of aDead Man"), Thriller, Associated Television, 1974
- Mrs. Petronelli, "Rumpole and the Family Pride," Rumpole of the Bailey (also known as Rumpole of the Bailey, Series VII), Thames Television, later broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1995
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